Comparison

Amazon SageMaker Inference vs LMDeploy

On the evidence we track, Amazon SageMaker Inference leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Amazon SageMaker Inference68
LMDeploy56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon SageMaker Inference68 / 100high · 75%
LMDeploy56 / 100medium · 64%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✓
Model
Amazon SageMaker Inferencefreemium
LMDeployopen_source
Price level
Amazon SageMaker Inferencelow
LMDeployfree
Transparent
Amazon SageMaker Inference✗
LMDeploy–
Integrations
Count
Amazon SageMaker Inference13
LMDeploy2
Security
Fedramp
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Gdpr
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Hipaa
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Iso27001
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Pci
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Soc2
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy–
Trust center
LMDeploy–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeploy2
Github stars
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeploy8,104
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeploy66
Release
Cadence days
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeploy21
History
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeploy20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeployApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon SageMaker Inference–
LMDeployPython
Market
Availability
Amazon SageMaker InferenceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US
LMDeploy–
Content
Faq
Amazon SageMaker Inference7 items
LMDeploy5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for model serving. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Continuous batching
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy✓
Dynamic batching
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy-
Multi framework support
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy-
GPU acceleration
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✓
Multi GPU multi node
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy✓
Quantization support
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy✓
Openai compatible API
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy-
Autoscaling scale to zero
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy-
Multi model serving
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✓
Canary ab rollout
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy-
Kubernetes native
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy-
Open source
Amazon SageMaker Inference-
LMDeploy-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon SageMaker Inference

Leader

A managed inference service that deploys machine learning models with support for various frameworks and deployment patterns, ranging from low-latency millisecond responses to high-throughput scenarios, with integration into MLOps workflows.

Independently observed

LMDeploy

LMDeploy is a comprehensive toolkit enabling efficient compression, deployment, and serving of large language models across multiple machines and GPUs with advanced optimization techniques.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon SageMaker Inference

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go usage pricing. New AWS customers receive up to $200 in Free Tier credits; free tier available for 6 months.

as of verify ↗

LMDeploy

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✗
Windows
Amazon SageMaker Inference✗
LMDeploy✓
CLI
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon SageMaker Inference✓
LMDeploy✗
Self-hosted
Amazon SageMaker Inference✗
LMDeploy✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon SageMaker Inference

Leader
16 total
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • ONNX
  • XGBoost
  • SageMaker Pipelines
  • SageMaker Projects
  • SageMaker Feature Store
  • SageMaker Model Registry
  • SageMaker Clarify
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • S3
  • SharePoint
  • Confluence
Independently observed

LMDeploy

2 total
  • llm-compressor
  • OpenCompass
Independently observed
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Amazon SageMaker Inference or LMDeploy: which one depends on you

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